While we do cat and small dog test our Greyhounds before placing them, not all cats and small dogs are created equal. Please take great care when introducing your new Greyhound to the pets in your home.

While most of the dogs we place are not puppies, house training an adult dog is very much like house training a puppy. Here are some great tips toward reminding your Greyhound that the house is now their crate.

This article discusses the basics in reducing separation anxiety in your pets. Since Greyhounds have never been alone, working through separation anxiety is one of the most difficult behaviors that new "only dog" owners will experience.

Our own Foster Coordinator put together some of her tried and true tips and tricks for managing separation anxiety. Since Greyhounds have never been alone, working through separation anxiety is one of the most difficult behaviors that new "only dog" owners will experience.

So, you've had your Greyhound for a while and he/she has really settled in and listens to your commands so, why not try letting the dog off lead? Please learn from this person's experience to answer the question for your situation.

These are hard, painful areas found on the digital pads of Greyhounds. A Greyhound may have 1 or more corns, and they may vary in size and exact location on the pads. They all share the generally circular appearance, the hard core, and they are consistently painful at least to some extent.

Food allergies account for about 10% of all the allergies seen in dogs. It is the third most common cause after flea bite allergies and atopy (inhalant allergies) Food allergies generally account for 20% of the causes of itching and scratching in dogs. Food allergies plus atopy account for another 20%.

Dr. C. Guillermo Couto is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialties of Internal Medicine and Oncology. He has coauthored the best selling Small Animal Internal Medicine textbook (Elsevier), now on its 5th Edition, has published over 150 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and 150 book chapters and is an expert in Greyhound and sighthound medicine. CVC provides consultation services and educational opportunities in veterinary and comparative oncology, hematology, cytology, clinical pathology, transfusion medicine, and sighthound medicine.

One of the admirable features of our Greyhounds is their long delicate tail. Another is their happy disposition and joyful wagging when they're happy. Unfortunately, when you put the two things together, you can have a minor disaster in just a few minutes. It's called "happy tail".

Does my Greyhound Really Have Kidney Disease? Greyhounds will sometimes be diagnosed with kidney disease when the creatinine levels are off for other breeds and maybe not even typical for other Greyhounds but, they could still be typical for YOUR Greyhound.

As our greyhounds age, quite a few of them, especially the males, become weak, wobbly, and/or painful in the rear end. Many of these are affected by lumbosacral stenosis (LS), a narrowing of the last part of the spinal canal, which causes compression of the nerve roots.

Some cases of pancreatitis have no cause that can be readily identified. An equal number can be directly traced to the dog consuming greasy or fatty food. Pancreatitis is no more peculiar to greyhounds than to any other breed.

This eye disease is also called chronic superficial keratitis. It's a chronic, immune-mediated disease that can affect both eyes, and if not treated, can cause blindness. The eyes develop areas of inflammation that can cover the corneas, blood vessels grow across the eye to the affected areas, and pigmentation may develop on the surface of the cornea.

By far, in greyhounds, the most common reason for multiple nail loss from multiple feet is pemphigus-aka symmetrical lupoid onchodystrophy (SLO). In pemphigus/SLO, the nails separate at the base and come off.

The adult Dipylidium caninum lives in the small intestine of the dog or cat, attached to the intestinal wall by several suckers as well as by a structure called a rostellum which resembles a hat with hooks on it. Most people are confused about the size of a tapeworm because they only see its segments which are small; the entire tapeworm is usually 6 inches or more. IMPORTANT: It is nearly impossible for tapeworms to be passed among pets or to humans.

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